Date: 14th - 19th July 2011
A last minute plan to fly from Kuching to Miri and a one day dive-road trip to Brunei for the weekend. My air tickets were fairly cheap; considering the last minute purchase and it was my first time flying with MasWing's ATR plane. The 90 minutes flight I took early that morning was pretty interesting that I was awake the whole entire journey...what was interesting? Hmm...I don't know but the feeling of going back to Miri is just *doop dup doop dup*
...the views from leaving Kuching to arriving Miri...
I rented 'the Kelisa' I rented last year when I was in Miri for graduation and it was 'the same Kelisa' that Mum and I rented when she was here for holidays few years back which had us into accidents with Hilux...3 times! But anyhow, it was a good car to drive and fuel efficient too!
Settled with the car rental, I headed straight to Curtin University to meet up with Juliana for lunch and some catching ups. I spent the entire afternoon in campus, sitting down at the cafeteria and reminiscing on the past. It was later that I met Elizabeth at her office before arriving at Sharon's place for the night.
I woke up early that morning and left home at 5.15am to Permyjaya's Shell and McDonalds for fuel and breakfast. It was 6am that I crossed the Sungai Tujuh Check Point and off I drove for 2 hours to Oceanic Quest at Muara. The sunrise was beautiful along the way and actually...it wasn't a hard and tiring drive, maybe because I was over excited with the dives.
...the highway from Kuala Belait to Muara...
...McDonald's Breakfast...
It was one of the best wreck dives I've done so far...not to mention it was a real wreck (not some artificial wreck someone sank into the sea as a dive site). I had good lunch, great dive master and of course, very interesting sites which I will definitely come back again one day for more! Had a short rest before I took on another 2 hours drive back to Miri that evening and sunset was beautiful~ It was on my 60 minutes drive that I realized I left my new Bares dive gloves in the dive centre...
*sigh*Day 3: Diving in Miri with Sharon & Chris!Another 3 dives in Miri waters with Tropical Divers and my first time to dive with Sharon and Chris. On our second dive, the rain came above us but we barely felt a thing other than the diving in the dark and rain drops on the water surface. Though the weather was rather dark and rainy, it was a great dive.
Day 4: Chill out SundayI sat outside the house with my dive log and computer, checking through the photos and videos I took and there goes one
'haaaaaacuuuuiiii!' ...oh shites! Flu came in, cough came second and fever came third. I turned pale immediately
*sweats* I spent the whole afternoon, trying not the get a nap and later I had an alone time walking at the beach before having dinner with Kylie at Banana Leaf Restaurant.
This time, I went for dives on my own with 2 other divers with a really bad flu and fever up on my sleeves. First dive was alright. 2nd dive was terrible because I couldn't equalized but after I managed to, my mask was flooded with the slimes. 3rd dive, I was freezing at 30 degrees. Though I had a hard time trying to warm myself on the boat, I had a good time!
Day 6: A walkabout in Miri CityAt 7am, Sharon dropped me off at SunCity where I started my journey to walk the city. It was a good one hour walk, taking photographs here and there and had my kolo mee for breakfast before having Americano at Starbucks while waiting for Juliana to campus. Had a good meetup with the JCLA facilitators. It was 1pm that I took the public bus down to town again and back home to pack my bags and off to the airport.
...JCLA facilitators; Ms Haslina, Ms Serina and Anso...
...the bus ride...
It was a great weekend trip to Miri and Brunei. Had lotsa fun...meeting up with friends and enjoying the food that I missed and looking back at the great moments I had in university. Definitely looking forward to coming back to my 2nd home again one day!
Oh oh oh...
Not forgetting the food!
...American Toast...
...KFC's Home-made Beef Burger in Special Sauce...
...Sharon's Home-made Maharajah Chicken...
...Banana Leaf's Curry Fish Head...
...Sharon's Home-made Baked Cheese...
*Yumz*
IT WAS A GREAT TRIP INDEED!
